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    IBM Blockchain Platform

    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Hyperledger Fabric tools and technologies to help build, govern, operate and grow blockchain solutions that can be deployed anywhere. The IBM Blockchain Platform is IBM's commercial deployment of Hyperledger Fabric open source and comes with 24x7x365 support with production grade SLA's to insure blockchain open source solutions stays running.

    $0.29

    per virtual processor core(VPC) hour

    VMware Blockchain

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AVMware Blockchain is a presented by the vendor as a secure, scalable and energy efficient blockchain service with support for leading execution environments such as EVM and DAML. VMware Blockchain allows deployments in leading public clouds, a VMware-based private cloud, and in hybrid setupsN/A
    Pricing
    IBM Blockchain PlatformVMware Blockchain
    Editions & Modules
    IBM Blockchain Platform - Software
    $0.29
    per virtual processor core(VPC) hour
    IBM Blockchain Platform - SaaS
    $0.29
    per virtual processor core(VPC) hour
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Blockchain PlatformVMware Blockchain
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrice is very low considering all the advanced functions and open source support you get with this platform.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
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    Happy with the feature set
    88%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82%
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    Implementation went as expected
    87%
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    User Ratings
    IBM Blockchain PlatformVMware Blockchain
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (17 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    9.4
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    User Testimonials
    IBM Blockchain PlatformVMware Blockchain
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    IBM Blockchain Platform is well suited for scenarios where you need secure transactions, like in logistics, finance, legal agreements. Especially I think is well-suited for smart contracts between devices under the IBM IoT platform, and using Watson AI for predicting future scenarios. In this case, an end-to-end powerful platform can be created from sensor data to business insight.
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    VMware by Broadcom
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Immutability - Transactions once made are there forever.
    • Distributed ledger - Allows customers to maintain their own copy of ledger by joining their node onto a blockchain network.
    • Security - Help secure sensitive data, users and devices can be authenticated using the public and private keys.
    • Provenance - Transactional history. Allows seamless dispute resolution.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Sometimes when I try to instantiate a chain code, it won't let me and the error messages aren't clear so I can't work on a solution
    • When a peer is not working, it's hard to know why just from the console
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    In many cases I do not have to reach out to support because the knowledge base is very detailed, presenting the solutions step by step in a very detailed and intuitive way. At other times the first-level support does not have the necessary knowledge and you must wait for technical support. This is common in any provider but I would love to receive immediate, qualified support through the chat
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    The IBM blockchain platform is very comprehensive for hyperledger fabric and we find it easy to ramp-up our development on the blockchain side. For application service development, we moved to AWS Lambda for its established market position in the domain. Briefly, we did look at Microsoft and Amazon's offerings in blockchain platforms, however, we felt that IBM has a much stronger ecosystem around Hyperledger Fabric and that was indeed helpful at different stages as we progressed on the development.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • We worked with AST (American Stock Transfer) to record their votes. It was our first product to run in production, which gave us really a big ROI after we started our project.
    • We also started working with PipelineDL and tracking their assets, which made a big impact on supply chain industries.
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